Which look straight forward and simple. But i have been running into a problem. I am using the minimal config file, and have set up everything. When i run searchd --config c:/sphinx/bin/sphinx.conf, i get an error " failed to parse config file ", when i just run searchd in cmd , i get "no readable config file ". I don't know what to do, i have been looking around for a similar problem but usually people have this " failed to parse config file error " with other problems. Mine doesnt have any additional errors.

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i did. Same problem, i doubt that it is a problem inside the config since it is not returning any errors except (failed to parse config file, and config file not readable ). So i'm guessing it is not reading the config file properly to start with. Do i need the large config file to be present even though i do not use it for configuration?
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PacemakerOct 5 '12 at 15:29

No you do not, when searchd fails to parse the config file, it should say why it cannot parse the config file. Something like Error: Unknown XXX on Line YY \n Fatal: failed to parse config file
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LeeOct 5 '12 at 15:32

it isn't giving me any errors, it's saying: using config file 'c:/sphinx/bin/sphinx.conf' ... FATAL: failed to parse config file 'c:/sphinx/bin/sphinx.conf' The Config file has an extension (.in) on it, could this be the problem?
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PacemakerOct 5 '12 at 15:36

okay, this might sound noobish, but i renamed the file to sphinx.conf, but when i check it still has the extension .in, so it's still sphinx.conf.in, how can i change the extension in windows?
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PacemakerOct 5 '12 at 15:52